ESPN FC's Craig Burley recaps Chelsea's dominant performance against Tottenham on their way to claiming the Capital One Cup trophy.

Two deflections, two goals for Chelsea. A Christian Eriksen free kick that rattled the bar for Spurs. Sometimes games come down to fine margins, but only a die-hard Lilywhite would claim that Tottenham were unlucky in the Capital One Cup final. In all the key areas, Chelsea were just that bit better and the right team won.

The loss will hurt, though, because Spurs know that their London rivals were there for the taking. Chelsea have been on a run of indifferent form in the last few weeks, and...

ESPN FC's Craig Burley recaps Chelsea's dominant performance against Tottenham on their way to claiming the Capital One Cup trophy.

LONDON -- Roman Abramovich hasn't always had a lot of luck with big-money strikers at Chelsea. Signed for the first time 11 years ago, Didier Drogba was clearly a palpable hit, while Fernando Torres offered mostly misses for 50 million pounds. Andrei Shevchenko was another crushing disappointment who never seemed more than a fraction of the player he had once been. Mateja Kezman, Adrian Mutu, Hernan Crespo, for one reason or another, none of them enjoyed the success his price tag implied.

The second coming of Jose Mourinho at Chelsea has its first silverware. Ten years after winning this same competition in Cardiff, his first trophy with the club, and with Manchester City's loss at Liverpool hardening their grip on the Premier League title, this was a blue-ribbon day.

Thibaut Courtois insisted they weren't solely focused on in-form Harry Kane and said, "We need to see how to stop him, but of course stop all of Tottenham."

The ESPN FC panel discuss why despite Tottenham's impressive victory over Chelsea when the sides last met, Chelsea remain heavy favourites in the League Cup Final.

The ESPN FC crew discuss whether or not Chelsea and Tottenham's Cup title match is more important than Liverpool and Manchester City's match.

Theirs is a comparison of an expensive foreign import and a great young hope of the English game starring for the team he supported as a boy. One has inspired cynicism, the other romanticism and in their own ways, Diego Costa and Harry Kane have become the leading men of the 2014-15 English season. On Sunday, their respective performances in the 2015 Capital One Cup final could well prove crucial to the final result.

Costa arrived in London in the precise mould that Jose Mourinho wants from...

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says it will be "an honour" to face Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in the Capital One Cup final.

For all the differences between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur as teams right now, there was one common strand among their key players in the buildup to Sunday's meeting. Neither John Terry nor Christian Eriksen really mentioned the tangible prizes on offer -- the medals and the Capital One Cup -- themselves.

Instead, when asked about the significance of winning Sunday's final, both talked about the "feeling" and, more pointedly, the subsequent desire to "have the feeling again."

The ESPN FC panel discuss why despite Tottenham's impressive victory over Chelsea when the sides last met, Chelsea remain heavy favourites in the League Cup Final.

Chelsea and Tottenham will do battle at Wembley this Sunday with the first silverware of the season up for grabs. For Chelsea, it's the first leg of a possible treble, with the Premier League leaders also in the hunt for honours in the Champions League.

In a repeat of the 2008 League Cup final which Spurs won, Mauricio Pochettino's men are vying for the first trophy since then.

It's a London derby at Wembley with more than pride at stake -- a trophy is on the line and Mark Worrall (Chelsea) and...